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Definition of Alligator apple

Alligator apple
Alligator Al"li*ga`tor, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L. lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See Lizard.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America. 2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator; as, (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle ball; (b) (Mining) a rock breaker; (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also alligator press. Alligator apple (Bot.), the fruit of the Anona palustris, a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its properties. --Loudon. Alligator fish (Zo["o]l.), a marine fish of northwestern America (Podothecus acipenserinus). Alligator gar (Zo["o]l.), one of the gar pikes (Lepidosteus spatula) found in the southern rivers of the United States. The name is also applied to other species of gar pikes. Alligator pear (Bot.), a corruption of Avocado pear. See Avocado. Alligator snapper, Alligator tortoise, Alligator turtle (Zo["o]l.), a very large and voracious turtle (Macrochelys lacertina) inhabiting the rivers of the southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of Trionyx. Alligator wood, the timber of a tree of the West Indies (Guarea Swartzii).

Meaning of Alligator apple from wikipedia

- include pond apple, alligator apple (so called because American alligators often eat the fruit), swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, and monkey apple. The tree...
- The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to as a gator, or common alligator is a large crocodilian reptile native to the...
- ekmanii Annona foetida Annona fosteri Annona glabra – pond apple, alligator apple, monkey apple Annona globiflora Annona haematantha Annona haitiensis Annona...
- activities of alligator hunters living in the swamps of the Atchafalaya River Basin who hunt American alligators for a living. Alligator season in Louisiana...
- grown in Brazil are, in alphabetical order: Abiu, açaí, acerola, alligator-apple, apple, atemoya, bacaba, bacuri, banana, biriba, blueberry, brazil plum...
- cherry) Achachairú (Bolivian mangosteen; achacha) Ackee Atemoya Avocado (alligator pear) Banana Bengal currant,(Christ's thorn,[1] Carandas plum, Karonda...
- heaven) Alternanthera philoxeroides (alligator weed) Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge) Annona glabra (alligator apple) Anredera cordifolia (Madeira vine)...
- Icelandic band to do so. On 2 May 2019, Of Monsters and Men released "Alligator", the first single from their third album, Fever Dream, which came out...
- limpkin (Aramus guarauna) as well as the raccoon, otter, and young alligator. Apple snails lay their eggs on sawgr**** stalks about 6 inches (15 cm) above...
- "Alligator Sky - Single by Owl City". Apple Music. Retrieved March 9, 2023. "Owl City – Alligator Sky" (in Dutch). Ultratip. "Owl City – Alligator Sky"...